MEMSConcepts.com Privacy Policy
Scope of this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how MEMSConcepts handles your personal information for our services on the memsconcepts.com websites (collectively, the "Site"). Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable like your name, address, email address, or phone number that is not otherwise publicly available. This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that the Site does not control or own, or to people that the Site does not manage or employ.
Information Collection and Use
You can browse the Site without becoming a member and without revealing any personal information about yourself. However, if you choose to register with the Site and provide your personal information, you consent to the transfer and storage of that information in our servers. The Site does not sell, rent, or share personal information about you with other people or non affiliated companies.
The following personal information may be collected and stored by the Site:
* physical contact information (address), email address, telephone number;
* computer sign-on data, traffic from and to the Site, and statistics
on page views;
* communications content between you and other members over the Site,
and correspondence sent to the Site;
* IP address and standard web log information.
The Site uses information to customize the member content, improve its services, contact members, conduct research, and provide anonymous reporting for internal and external clients. The Site may combine information about you that it has with information it obtains from business partners or other companies.
Persons under the age of 18 are not allowed to become members of the Site.
The Site responds to court orders, subpoenas, and any legal process. The Site establishes or exercises its legal rights to defend against legal claims. The Site might share information in order to prevent, investigate, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of the Site's terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
If the Site is acquired by or merged with another company, information about you will be transferred. In that case, you will be notified in advance that information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
The Site does not provide any personal information to the advertisers when you interact with or view a targeted ad. However, in the event that you interact with or view an ad you are by default consenting to the possibility that the advertiser will make the assumption that you meet the targeting criteria used to display the ad.
Securing personal information
The Site's employees have limited access to personal information about you. However, they might need to access that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs. Your personal information is protected by physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations.
The Site employs internal access controls to ensure that the only people who see your information are those with a need to do so to perform their official duties. To do so, the Site:
* trains relevant personnel on our privacy and security measures;
* regularly backs up the information collected online to insure against
loss;
* employs technical controls to secure the information collected online
as appropriate, including but not limited to: Secure Socket Layer (SSL),
encryption, firewalls, password protections;
Cookies
MEMSConcepts may set and access MEMSConcepts cookies on your computer. Advertisers or third parties do not have access to MEMSConcepts's cookies.
Editing and/or Deleting Membership Information and Preferences
You can edit and/or delete your memsconcepts.com account information at any time by visiting your MyMEMS page.
The Site reserves the right to send you certain communications relating to the Site's services, such as service and administrative announcements and the memsconcepts.com Newsletter. Receiving these communications is considered part of your memsconcepts.com account. You will not be offered the opportunity to opt out of receiving them.
The Site may update this policy at any time. You will be notified about significant changes in treatment of personal information by receiving a notice to the primary email address specified in your memsconcepts.com account or by placing a notice on the Site.
For more information about safe surfing from the Federal Trade Commission click here: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/online/sitesee.htm.
Questions and Suggestions
You may contact us at: contact@memsconcepts.com
Effective Date: March 1, 2007
